The Press: Is Communist a Dirty Word?

An editor can and does call a Democrat a Democrat, a Baptist a Baptist,
sometimes even a spade a spadebut he has to be very careful whom he
calls a Communist. Many a Communist-at-heart takes care not to be one
officially. What many an editor would like to know: is it libelous per
se to call a man a Communist? To the growing body of legal opinion, on
which a solid answer will be based some day, two noteworthy items were
added last week: